The Exorcist
- language: Arabic Deutsch English French Greek Latin
- director: William Friedkin
- actor: Barton Heyman Donna Mitchell Ellen Burstyn Jack MacGowran Jason Miller Kitty Winn Lee J. Cobb Linda Blair Max von Sydow Mercedes McCambridge Peter Masterson Robert Gerringer Robert Symonds Rudolf Schündler Titos Vandis William O'Malley
Synopsis:
Regan MacNeil, a 12-year-old girl living in Georgetown with her mother Chris, begins to adapt an explicit new personality as strange events befall the local area. Chris becomes torn between science and superstition in a desperate bid to save her daughter, and ultimately turns to her last hope: Father Damien Karras, a troubled priest who is struggling with his own faith after the death of his mother.
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